Title
Peasant child's funeral, Chioggia
1882
Artist
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Details
- Date
- 1882
- Media category
- Watercolour
- Materials used
- watercolour with white highlights over pencil
- Dimensions
- 70.5 x 111.6 cm image/sheet; 100.0 x 149.0 x 9.0 cm frame
- Signature & date
Signed and dated l.l., watercolour "A.N. Roussoff/ 1882...".
- Credit
- Purchased 1883
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 1109
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Alexandre Nicolaïevitch Roussoff
Works in the collection
- Share
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Exhibition history
Shown in 4 exhibitions
A collection of drawings and paintings of Venice and Venetian life by modern artists, Fine Art Society (London), London, Nov 1882–1883
British and European watercolours - the first thirty years of the collection 1875-1906, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 13 Apr 1996–02 Jun 1996
Victorian Childhood, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 08 Feb 1999–19 Mar 1999
Victorian watercolours, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 02 Jun 2017–03 Dec 2017
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Bibliography
Referenced in 25 publications
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the moderns', The Art Journal, 'Venice as painted, London, May 1887, pp 138–42: pp 141–42, illus p 139.
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Peter Raissis, Victorian watercolours from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2017, pp 174–75, col illus pp 172–73 (detail), 175.
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Tom Roberts, The Argus, no 14150, 'The National Art Gallery of New South Wales', Melbourne, 31 Oct 1891, p 4.
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Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales: Minutes 31.8.1880-4.8.1891, Sydney, 1880-1891, p 153 (5 March 1883).
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National Art Gallery of NSW illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1921, p 84, no 172, illus p 84.
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National Art Gallery of NSW illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1917, p 81, no 110, p 72. Revised editions 1918, 1919.
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National Art Gallery of NSW illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1906, p 90, no 118, col illus between pp 90–91. Revised editions 1908, 1910, 1912.
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Catalogue of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales, published by the Trustees, Sydney, 1899, p 59, no 390.
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Catalogue of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales (with illustrations) drawn by E L Montefiore, director, and others, published by sanction of the Trustees, Sydney, 1893, p 92, no 270, illus p 92.
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Catalogue of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales, (with illustrations), drawn by E L Montefiore, Esq (President of Trustees) and others, published by sanction of the Trustees, Sydney, 1891, p 96, no 376, illus p 96.
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Catalogue of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales with illustrations, drawn by E L Montefiore, Esq, and others, published by sanction of the Trustees, Sydney, 1888, pp 67–68, no 76, illus p 67.
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Catalogue of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales, with illustrations, drawn by E L Montefiore, Esq, published by sanction of the Trustees, Sydney, 1886, p 54, no 61, illus p 54 (sketch by E L Montefiore).
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Catalogue of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales, with illustrations, drawn by E L Montefiore, Esq, published by sanction of the Trustees, Sydney, 1884, p 49, no 44, illus p 49 (sketch by E L Montefiore).
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Catalogue of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, with 94 illustrations drawn by E L Montefiore, Esa, published by sanction of the Trustees, Sydney, 1883, p 44, no 44, illus p 44 (sketch by E L Montefiore).
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AGNSW archive 24/1883, 01 Jun 1883.
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AGNSW archive 7/1883, 09 Feb 1883.
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Complement of The Magazine of Art, 'Art in December', London, Dec 1883, pp ix–xii: p x.
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The Art Journal, 'The Winter exhibitions at the smaller galleries', London, Dec 1882, p 378.
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The Portfolio, vol 13, 'Art chronicle', London, Dec 1882, pp 222–24: pp 222, 223.
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The Athenaeum, no 2873, 'Fine arts – Pictures and drawings of Venice', London, 18 Nov 1882, p 667.
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The Manchester Guardian, 'The Fine Art Society', Manchester, 14 Nov 1882, p 8.
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Sydney Morning Herald, no 15360, 'Pictures in Sydney. III – Landscapes and water-colour painting at the Art Gallery', Sydney, 18 Jun 1887, p 6.
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National Art Gallery of New South Wales illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1928, p 90, no 16, illus p 90.
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National Art Gallery of New South Wales illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1925, p 107, no 161, illus p 106. Revised edition 1926.
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National Art Gallery of NSW illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1924, p 107, no 171, illus p 106.
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Provenance
Fine Art Society (London), London/England, Purchased by the AGNSW from the Fine Art Society in 1883.